Interconnectable plastic bottle



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(PDF - 339 KB) 		Plastic PET beverage bottles are typically packaged and transported in cardboard-type trays and held together in bundles of 4, 8, 12 or 24 by cling wrap, which helps to distribute impact force during transit. The use of wrapping does however increase packaging cost.

Because the bottles are formed with a circular cross-section, vacant gaps exist between the bundled bottles that make the tray's footprint larger than necessary contributing to transport cost.

This plastic bottle shape is configured to allow attachment of several bottles together and form a compact bundle without the need for wrapping. The bottle has a square cross-section and is divided into three distinctive areas. The top and bottom portion contain dovetail-shaped extensions and matching recesses whereby two or more bottles can be snap-fitted together in a side-by-side formation.

The central region of the bottle comprises a narrow waist section that can be ergonomically held and gripped in the hand of the consumer. The bottle shape also permits a unique means to stack and display bottles during promotions in department stores.



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Date featured by Patentdata Wednesday, 26 August 2009
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    Definitely YES 10 42%  
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KLAUSER, Tobias et al.
Bertastrasse 26Zürich8003Switzerland		 The telephone numbers and/or email addresses of the patent applicants and their patent attorneys are not provided in the patent applications. We recommend that you request any local patent attorney to assist you to contact patent applicants via their patent attorneys should you wish to obtain the manufacturing and/or marketing rights to their inventions.
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FELBER, Josef
Felber & Partner AGPatentanwälteDufourstrasse 116Zürich8034Switzerland
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it could be a great building block, filled with sand, for informal housing when empty ! South Africa Potential: Probably YES
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ABSOLUTE GENIUS!!!! Will definately work!!!! South Africa Potential: Definitely YES
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This will also allow the consumer to hand carry more than the usually ammount of bottles than before. South Africa Potential: Definitely YES
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1. Existing patent South Africa Potential: Definitely NO
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Is the cost of purchasing, installing and operating machinary to produce these bottles going to justify the cost saving. South Africa Potential: Probably YES
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